Today in Labor History March 18, 1741: The New York governor’s complex was burned in an arson attack. The Fort George fire started the New York Conspiracy of 1741. The conspiracy involved a series of fires in Manhattan in the spring of 1741. They were supposedly carried out by slaves and poor whites and Catholics. However, historians disagree as […]

1920s-1940s Today in Labor History March 17, 1920: A General Strike in Germany helped defeat the Kapp Putsch. March 17, 1921: The Bolsheviks defeated the Kronstadt mutiny. Trotsky boasted that he would “shoot them like pigeons.” March 17, 1942: The Nazis gassed the first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto at the Belzec death camp. It was located in what is today eastern

Today in Labor History March 16, 1811: Luddites attacked machines throughout the northwest of England. They destroyed over 100 frames in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Kirby, Woodborough, Lambley, Bulwell, & Ilkeston in Derbyshire. 19102-1920s Today in Labor History March 16, 1916: The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa. March

1800s Today in Labor History March 15, 1877: Ben Fletcher, African-American IWW organizer was born on this date. Fletcher organized longshoremen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Today in Labor History March 15, 1887: The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades was founded. Within a year, they had 7,000 members in 100 locals. Today they represent more

Today in Labor History March 14, 1883: Karl Marx died at age 64. March 14, 1914: The United Farmers of Ontario was founded on this date at Toronto’s Labor Temple. Today in Labor History March 14, 1944: TWU organized Philadelphia transit workers into local 234. 1950s-1960s Today in Labor History March 14, 1954: Salt of